Plot Points Assemble!
Me: Hiya, plot beats! Find your name tags. We'll deal with seating arrangements later. Plot Beat 19: There's rather a lot of us... Me: Yeah, well you're a triad romance, so there's going to be more of you than there would be in a monogamous story. PB26: Wait, which arc am I? Me: You're from the cooking competition arc, but you'll be working closely with the AC romantic arc. PB4: But I'm in AB. I thought THAT was the romantic arc. Me: What part of polyamorous is confusing you? - So, yeah... I'm backtracking to make a new outline for the novel. I have assembled 49 plot points across seven arcs. Some of them happen before the book starts. A lot of them will be sharing scenes with other beats. It seems like a lot, but there are four romantic arcs (AB, AC, BC, ABC) and that only leaves one arc per character on their own. And there IS a lot of overlap between them all. Anyway, it looks a little messy right now but I'm optimistic it'll